Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Here's some images of little place called Singapore.
The airport, a strange van/bus on the way home and Rachel outside of her house.
The Island of Sentosa, which is right beside Singapore, which is where the southern most point of continental Asia is.
None other than the luge at Sentosa, not what I'd call a scary ride, but enteraining all the same. Haha, Rache was good.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Turns out, if you take a bus for 20 minutes or so, you can leave the city and find the ocean. Just a few shots from Stanley.
The markets at Stanley, you can buy all sorts of stuff there...
And a little bit of color as the sun set on the water.
This is what I found just around the corner and up a street or so from my flat.
A few streets in my area. The first, Des Vouex Road, is the street that work is along. Apparently, it's the dried seafood street, and that's almost all they sell along it, as you can see from the other images. The second is the one I live along.
Here's my little flat, also known as my little box. It's small, but it works.
I met a couple girls visiting from Seoul at church and played in Hong Kong with them later that week. So here's a little from our adventure, starting at the Temple with KaRyn. We headed across the Harbour on the MTR to have dim sum and exploring. Lumina loved the circle building, we later found out is the Jardine House, which at one point was the tallest building in Hong Kong.
The Mid-Autumn Festival was a couple weeks ago, I'm a little slow at getting it up. It could also be referred to as the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival, as there were plenty of both. Around this time, everyone is eating mooncakes, which are heavy dense cakes traditionally with egg yolk in the center... definitely not a new favorite dessert, but worth a try. It could take months to eat one... So here are a few images of Victoria Park and the festival there.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
A little elevator ride in the Hopewell Center for a great view.
Kowloon at night is quite a crowded place, especially at the markets. The Temple is gorgeous. I found a boat that looked like it could be a pirate ship, it's a little blurry, but at least Nicky can know where he can live when he grows up to be a pirate. And, the Pennisula Hotel... I don't think I make nearly enough to even have tea there...
I love the lights at night! It's always amazing and it was fun to see it with Rachel... So the images are a little blurry, but it's still incredible.
I have learned that you can't come to Hong Kong and not have dim sum. It's pretty good and different every time I've had it. So the Tan's chose the dishes. Does vinegar pork look good to you? (It's actually better than it looks). Not sure what the next ones are, but they're good... and Rachel and I did enjoy the meal, haha.
Hong Kong is an interesting mix of British and Chinese... These streets were right next to each other, but the first one is very Chinese and the next one, very British... That's Hong Kong.